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Images lost in draft copy #images #drafts

 

Hello GMF members
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I often save a draft message to work on later before publishing it.

I also often insert images into my posts but when a message with images is saved as a draft, and I then reopen it to edit, I get a warning like
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Why is this and more importantly, is there a workaround to get drafts to save images?

Thanks in advance
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Dave Neve
 

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 07:13 AM, SafeTex wrote:
I also often insert images into my posts but when a message with images is saved as a draft, and I then reopen it to edit, I get a warning like
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I'm having difficulty replicating this problem.
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-- Are these inline images, or attachments?
-- Are you pasting the images into the message, or using the "add pictures" dialog? (I recommend the latter)
-- If using cut-and-paste, where are you copying them from?
-- Does this happen every time, or just once in awhile?*
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Regards,
Bruce
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*I've gotten this kind of error fetching a blob (Binary Large OBject) before. I've always attributed to one of the groups.io servers being down, because it tends to resolve itself within a few hours. Hasn't happened to me in a couple of years, though.
 

Hello Bruce

I didn't think about this as I do it automatically but now realize how relevant it is to my question and problem thanks to you
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I tend to paste them directly into the message from screenshots on my computer.
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Dave
 

And therein lies the problem IMHO. I¡¯ve been burned by switching between devices and operating systems in my own capture & paste operations.
It seem to me groups.io is happiest with a jpeg formatted images. While PNG should be fine, Groups.io seems to choke at times, possibly having to do with the size of the blob. HEIC - not immediately going to happen. I don¡¯t even wish to know what graphics format Microsoft is trying to foist these days.
M$ lost me @ Win ME.
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Cheers,
DaveF
 

Dave
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I recall an old warning from Mark that the App does not handle pasting an image very well. ? I have had that issue on both platforms but defo using the app. ?Best to use the insert image icon. ?I know that it is PITA.?
 

I will affirm that the post image icon works best of all. However groups.io admins can set resolution limits on images, and critical detail may be lost. A tight crop & image resizing may be the answer or to link to a photo sharing website of some sort can be best.
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Dave
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If using a large image and detail is key then attach a file rather than embedding the image.?
 

What Ken notes is something a lot of groups.io users (and users of mobile phones) apparently don't understand. If an image is imbedded in a message, it will be compressed. The only way to send an image and be certain it's not going to be altered by compression, is to make the file a separate attachment. It also amazes me how many mobile phone users don't understand this.

Dano _____________________

KWKloeber noted:

If using a large image and detail is key then attach a file rather than embedding the image.

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